$500SeriousEats.com says if you want to make hard-boiled eggs that are easy to peel, after cooking, you should give them a good shock. How?A: Hook them up to your car’s jumper cables B: Tell them they were adoptedC: Put them in ice water for 15 minutes D: Strip down to just your oven mitts

$1,000With many of them based in Washington, D.C., a group of people organized to study and provide advice on a policy issue is commonly called a what?A: Gas tank B: Think tankC: Dunk tank D: Septic tank

$10,000Running for a combined 25 seasons, which pair of hit TV shows premiered within days of each other in September 1994?A: The Simpsons and The X-Files B: Friends and ERC: Seinfeld and The West Wing D: Frasier and Law & Order

$20,000The Flam Paradiddle, Triple Ratamacue and Drag Ruff are three of the forty rudiments — or building blocks — you’ll need to master in order to become a what?A: Drummer B: Ping-pong championC: Professional wrestler D: Magician

$50,000In 1933, when Eleanor Roosevelt became the first First Lady to hold a press conference, she insisted that all the reporters attending be what?A: Democrats B: From the Washington PostC: Female D: Teetotalers

Katie says female is a logical choice, but there weren’t a lot of female reporters in 1933. She doesn’t remember what teetotalers are. She walks away.

$500SeriousEats.com says if you want to make hard-boiled eggs that are easy to peel, after cooking, you should give them a good shock. How?A: Hook them up to your car’s jumper cables B: Tell them they were adoptedC: Put them in ice water for 15 minutes D: Strip down to just your oven mitts

_________________-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller

$1,000With many of them based in Washington, D.C., a group of people organized to study and provide advice on a policy issue is commonly called a what?A: Gas tank B: Think tankC: Dunk tank D: Septic tank

$10,000Running for a combined 25 seasons, which pair of hit TV shows premiered within days of each other in September 1994?A: The Simpsons and The X-Files B: Friends and ERC: Seinfeld and The West Wing D: Frasier and Law & Order